# 2005 London Marathon

The 2005 London Marathon was the 25th running of the annual marathon race in London, United Kingdom, which took place on Sunday, 17 April. The elite men's race was won by Kenya's Martin Lel in a time of 2:07:26 hours and the women's race was won by home athlete Paula Radcliffe in 2:17:42.
In the wheelchair races, Mexico's Saúl Mendoza (1:35:51) and Italy's Francesca Porcellato (1:57:00) won the men's and women's divisions, respectively.
Around 132,000 people applied to enter the race: 47,969 had their applications accepted and 35,600 started the race. A total of 35,261 runners, 24,690 men and 10,571 women, finished the race.

## Results
### Men

| Position | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| | Martin Lel | Kenya | 2:07:26 |
| | Jaouad Gharib | Morocco | 2:07:49 |
| | Hendrick Ramaala | South Africa | 2:08:32 |
| 4 | Abdelkader El Mouaziz | Morocco | 2:09:03 |
| 5 | Stefano Baldini | Italy | 2:09:25 |
| 6 | Jon Brown | United Kingdom | 2:09:31 |
| 7 | Toshinari Suwa | Japan | 2:10:23 |
| 8 | Paul Tergat | Kenya | 2:11:36 |
| 9 | Sammy Korir | Kenya | 2:12:36 |
| 10 | Evans Rutto | Kenya | 2:12:49 |
| 11 | Frederick Cherono | Kenya | 2:13:58 |
| 12 | Antoni Peña | Spain | 2:14:31 |
| 13 | Huw Lobb | United Kingdom | 2:14:33 |
| 14 | Kassa Tadesse | Ethiopia | 2:15:09 |
| 15 | Daniel Njenga | Kenya | 2:15:25 |
| 16 | Matt Smith | United Kingdom | 2:16:13 |
| 17 | Luke Kibet Bowen | Kenya | 2:16:40 |
| 18 | Scott Winton | New Zealand | 2:17:01 |
| 19 | Michael Green | United Kingdom | 2:18:31 |
| 20 | Dave Norman | United Kingdom | 2:18:34 |
| 21 | Henrik Sandstad | Norway | 2:18:36 |
| — | Joseph Kariuki | Kenya | DNF |
| — | Joseph Ngolepus | Kenya | DNF |
| — | Matt O'Dowd | United Kingdom | DNF |
| — | Hicham Chatt | Morocco | DNF |
| — | Richard Gardiner | United Kingdom | DNF |

### Women

| Position | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| | Paula Radcliffe | United Kingdom | 2:17:42 |
| | Constantina Diță | Romania | 2:22:50 |
| | Susan Chepkemei | Kenya | 2:24:00 |
| 4 | Margaret Okayo | Kenya | 2:25:22 |
| 5 | Lyudmila Petrova | Russia | 2:26:29 |
| 6 | Benita Willis | Australia | 2:26:32 |
| 7 | Joyce Chepchumba | Kenya | 2:27:01 |
| 8 | Sonia O'Sullivan | Ireland | 2:29:01 |
| 9 | Mulu Seboka | Ethiopia | 2:30:54 |
| 10 | Mara Yamauchi | United Kingdom | 2:31:52 |
| 11 | Tegla Loroupe | Kenya | 2:34:42 |
| 12 | Hayley Haining | United Kingdom | 2:35:23 |
| 13 | Debbie Mason | United Kingdom | 2:36:59 |
| 14 | Liz Yelling | United Kingdom | 2:37:42 |
| 15 | Susan Partridge | United Kingdom | 2:37:50 |
| 16 | Lucy Hassell | United Kingdom | 2:39:20 |
| 17 | Amy Stiles | United Kingdom | 2:39:37 |
| 18 | Sue Harrison | United Kingdom | 2:39:54 |
| 19 | Sharon Morris | United Kingdom | 2:40:18 |
| 20 | Jenny Clague | United Kingdom | 2:41:21 |
| — | Leah Malot | Kenya | DNF |
| — | Restituta Joseph | Tanzania | DNF |

### Wheelchair men

| Position | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| | Saúl Mendoza | Mexico | 1:35:51 |
| | Jeff Adams | Canada | 1:35:54 |
| | David Weir | United Kingdom | 1:36:03 |
| 4 | Tushar Patel | United Kingdom | 1:36:03 |
| 5 | Éric Teurnier | France | 1:36:03 |
| 6 | Denis Lemeunier | France | 1:36:04 |
| 7 | Alain Fuss | France | 1:36:04 |
| 8 | Kenny Herriot | United Kingdom | 1:41:58 |
| 9 | Rawat Tana | Thailand | 1:46:10 |
| 10 | Supachai Koysap | Thailand | 1:49:41 |

### Wheelchair women

| Position | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| | Francesca Porcellato | Italy | 1:57:00 |
| | Shelly Woods | United Kingdom | 1:57:03 |
| | Tanni Grey-Thompson | United Kingdom | 2:02:39 |
| 4 | Gunilla Wallengren | Sweden | 2:16:03 |
| 5 | Deborah Brennan | United Kingdom | 2:18:42 |
| 6 | Michelle Lewis | United Kingdom | 2:32:32 |
| 7 | Sarah Piercy | United Kingdom | 2:48:23 |